How do we get the motivation to exercise regularly? What is more important for a healthy lifestyle - physical activities or healthy nutrition? How does a basketball players’ daily life look like? Does playing in sports give a lifelong sense of discipline and somehow prevent the youth from adopting bad habits? What should a modern physical education lesson be like? These among others were the questions that Anatoli Boisa, basketball player discussed with the students during an online conference. Anatoli spoke about his career of a professional basketball player and a coach; and talked about the importance of sport and a healthy lifestyle.
Participants of the conference - students, civics teachers and parents from all regions of Georgia had the opportunity to ask questions to Anatoli Boisa via Facebook. By the time the online conference ended, the number of online viewers had reached 2700 and a total of 262 questions had been asked. The speaker tried to answer as many questions as possible during the available time.
The online conference was organized in the framework of USAID civics education “Momavlis Taoba” program.
Forced marriage, domestic violence, gender equality- these were the topics expressed as comics, which were prepared by civics students of Gombori village public school. Students made a video massage and conducted a survey on how community members are aware of women’s rights. The video and the results of the survey were shared via Facebook.
ACPI has started to pilot online lessons on Legal Culture, which are taught by civics teachers and police officers together for 9th and 10th graders. pilot lessons were held on topics, such as children’s rights, tolerance, gambling and internet games. They were conducted with Microsoft Teams and Zoom platforms. The lessons were quite interactive. There were lots of questions to the police officer, group work and online quizzes. Based on the lessons learned from the pilot, Legal Culture Module will be fully transferred to online teaching.
The work of the Judge and Court system, civics responsibilities during the challenging time, protection of human rights, gender equality and domestic violence were the topics of discussions of Judge Tamar Chikladze with students during the online conference. The Judge spoke about her profession and shared her work experience.
Participants of the conference - students, civics teachers and parents from all regions of Georgia had the opportunity to ask questions to Judge via Facebook. About 280 questions were asked by participants to a guest during the online conference and 2500 online viewers reached.
The online conference was organized in the framework of USAID civics education “Momavlis Taoba” program and USAID/PROLoG.
Webinar about the use of Microsoft Teams Program for online teaching was organized for civics teachers in the framework of USAID civic education program “Moavlis Taoba”. Civics teacher Temur Sukhashvili, who presented the main functions of Microsoft Teams, facilitated Webinar. The distance learning tools will help civics teachers to organize online lessons. More than 80 teachers from all regions of Georgia participated in the conference and had opportunities to ask questions and get answers online.
"I'm Irakli Khorava, student of Political Science at The Ilia State University and a volunteer in north Italy under the European Solidarity Corps program. I was 15 when I joined USAID Civic Education Program where I was volunteering at school and in the community, along with school civics club members was elaborating and running civic initiatives and projects, supporting children with Leukemia and ethnic minorities and projects addressing ecological problems.
A New Manual on Legal Culture for Students has been developed by ACPI program. The manual gives practical information on legal responsibilities, rights and regulations in a simple language with visual aids and good design. All of these makes the book more attractive for students to read and get familiar with legal issues. The manual consists of two parts, where part 1 contains 4 topics: Children's Rights, Tolerance, Conflict Management, Bad habits and healthy lifestyle. Part 2 is coming soon. The 1st part of the manual is accessible online for public through this link: https://el.ge/articles/534295 .
Follow a healthy lifestyle, plan your day, activate your social contacts, talk with friends and family members, avoid stressful information and avoid tobacco and alcohol. These are the recommendations that psychologist Maya Tsiramua advised students, teachers, and parents during an online conference.
The online conference guest talked how to overcome stress during a COVID-19 pandemic and how to manage emotions during the challenging time.
“The digital resources created within the Civic Education Program “Momavlis Taoba” supports me to plan and organize online lessons. The students especially liked quizzes- questions with answers to be marked. It should be mentioned that even those students who were used to be “passive” during ordinary classes are now very active. They sent me the results of the quiz very soon” –said Nino Digmelashvili, civics teacher of Tbilisi public school #59.
Online conference with a doctor Tea Danelia mostly addressed the issues concerning basic prevention measures against the new COVID-19. How does the virus spread? Why the virus is called “corona”? How long does the virus survive on surfaces? When will a COVID-19 vaccine be ready? Are children at risk? How is it prevented? What are the most common symptoms of the COVID-19 disease? – These were the questions asked by civics students during the conference.
